By a variety of definitions around the world, yes it is. At least until farmers lobbied to redefine it because they didn’t want to be associated with GMO’s: (emphasis mine)

The definition of a genetically modified organism (GMO) is not clear and varies widely between countries, international bodies, and other communities. At its broadest, the definition of a GMO can include anything that has had its genes altered, including by nature. Taking a less broad view, it can encompass every organism that has had its genes altered by humans, which would include all crops and livestock. In 1993, the Encyclopedia Britannica defined genetic engineering as “any of a wide range of techniques … among them artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization (e.g., ‘test-tube’ babies), sperm banks, cloning, and gene manipulation.” The European Union (EU) included a similarly broad definition in early reviews, specifically mentioning GMOs being produced by “selective breeding and other means of artificial selection” These definitions were promptly adjusted with a number of exceptions added as the result of pressure from scientific and farming communities, as well as developments in science. The EU definition later excluded traditional breeding, in vitro fertilization, induction of polyploidy, mutation breeding, and cell fusion techniques that do not use recombinant nucleic acids or a genetically modified organism in the process.

There is no doubt in my mind that we are genetically modifying a plant when we are selective breeding it for specific genes. The fact that the mutation occurred naturally doesn’t change the the fact that there was human intervention.

Just don’t get caught.

No, but it IS still the internet, where nobody can hear your tone of voice or see your facial expressions. How do you suppose anyone is supposed to tell the difference between OP and someone saying the EXACT same thing, totally serious?

Well great - a customary /s would have left no doubt.

What? The news calls out dems because it’s already safe to assume that the R’s are doing everything their dear leader demands as always. The dems betrayed their constituents again, that’s the only thing news worthy thing here.

I like your take. An optimistic me would be fully onboard with it. But this isn’t a single change in a vacuum. I think the reason people aren hating is because they’re seeing it as yet another symptom of enshitification, and I don’t disagree.

There are rare examples of outstanding companies like Steam that talk the talk and walk the walk. But with Firefox, they’re headed the wrong direction. They cut 30% of their staff this time last year, cut their internet freedom advacacy group, and I think that was the point where they started a hard shift away from who they were. They’re harvesting and selling user data now (removed the old “Nope. Never have, never will” [sell user data] from their FAQ), they’ve got a CEO that’s taking an absolute fortune off the top of a struggling company, and they’re steadily removing long time features like pocket integration and compact mode.

The last straw will be if Google ever pulls their deal as Firefox’s default search engine… Mozilla will very likely pivot hard to nasty, modern money making practices to keep themselves alive if they lose 80% of their revenue all at once like that.

If I were him I wouldn’t be concerned about the murder, I would be concerned about the violations of the Geneva convention.

People WITH technical skills just wany a package that works. I don’t want to fix every single fucking piece of technology I own, constantly - even if I am capable.

My autocomplete is a bunch of management garbage from a job that I had for 14 years, but left 2 years ago. SwiftKey trying to put me in a corner.

Actually, a reputation as a bully and killer of small animals, as I recall.

The only thing I remember about it was that it was expensive as FUCK there.

Careful what you wish for. The Water Wars are ever approaching.

And with Trump, he’s stupid AND a narcissist, which is potent. He only knows what he knows, but thinks he’s a genius and has it all figured out - so he accidentally makes a full confession by giving all the details of what he thinks is the same crime everyone else MUST be committing. “They’d be stupid NOT to, right?”

When the robot uprising happens, using a soft a in clanka instead of a hard er on clanker isn’t going to save you. We’re all fucked.

This is a VERY interesting thought. I hadn’t considered all the data collection likely available to Google as a result of the casting protocol. This is definitely plausible.

IS IT extra code to maintain though? My understanding of casting is it effectively sends a URL to the receiving device. I would think there’s a negligible amount of development spent on maintaining it. And every media app under the sun supports it, now except for Netflix. 🤦

Just goes to show ya things.

What do you expect

I think that you believe what you described - 700 words a week - would be “obviously absurd” to everyone here… What you described is such a tiny work load it’s shocking to see you frame it like this.

But to answer directly: What you’re expected to do in school is learn, not fake your way through so you can come out an utter dumb ass on the other side. I know I would have used the tools if I had them as a kid. No adult could have convinced me of the damage I’m doing to myself and the world. I doubt anything any of us say will change your mind - but I am sure a great many students will hate themselves for doing this to themselves 10 or 20 years down the line.

That’s one thing you DON’T have to worry about them learning here.

Yes an express toll lane like others have said - but it’s also (likely) a contraflow lane as well: in the morning traffic flows into the city, in the afternoon it flows out.